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Date:      Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:02:41 +0100 (CET)
From:      Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>
To:        Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: power-off without halt
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903160000550.2683-100000@arnold.neland.dk>
In-Reply-To: <199903151655.JAA28147@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>

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On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Steve Passe wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>  We are looking at using FreeBSD as an "embedded OS" inside a line
> of instruments we are building.  I think I have a handle on all the
> issues except how to cleanly handle shutdown where there is no
> console, and thus no way to send a 'halt' command.  The requirement
> is that the user can merely turn off the power, nothing more required.
> 
Could you use a "soft power off" ? An "off" pushbutton, wired to NMI,
which triggered a shutdown, and then turned off a relay?

 
leif@neland.dk




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